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Where do the terms \"Flop\", \"Turn\", \"River\" come from?
Anybody know? It seems like "Flop" kind of makes sense but I wonder why 4th street is called the "turn" and 5th street the "river".
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Re: Where do the terms \"Flop\", \"Turn\", \"River\" come from?
You FLOP her down
You TURN her over Her husband then comes in, pulls you off, and drowns you in the RIVER. b |
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Re: Where do the terms \"Flop\", \"Turn\", \"River\" come from?
I actually invented these terms.
I also invented the question mark. |
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Re: Where do the terms \"Flop\", \"Turn\", \"River\" come from?
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Anybody know? It seems like "Flop" kind of makes sense but I wonder why 4th street is called the "turn" and 5th street the "river". [/ QUOTE ] My favorite urban dictionary definitions: Flop: Something that fails miserably Turn: to crap on a stick River: Where you go to dispose of bodies |
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Re: Where do the terms \"Flop\", \"Turn\", \"River\" come from?
Ohh so this is where it come from!!!
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Re: Where do the terms \"Flop\", \"Turn\", \"River\" come from?
I don't know the answer to your question, but I think there's been some slippage in the use of these terms in the last few decades. If I remember correctly, in Super System, DB uses "turn" to refer to what we would now call the flop, e.g., "the turn brought 6 7 8". He then uses "4th street" for what we'd call the turn.
At least I think this is right -- flame away if my memory is faulty; SS not in front of me right now for checking. |
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Re: Where do the terms \"Flop\", \"Turn\", \"River\" come from?
Which is why all your hands are doing fine until the river
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Re: Where do the terms \"Flop\", \"Turn\", \"River\" come from?
DB mentions the flop quite a bit in SS. Like "How to play AK before the flop" and other similar titles.
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